The microbial challenge : science, disease, and public heatlh
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Sudbury, Massachusetts :
Jones and Bartlett Publishers ,
c2010
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| Edition: | 2nd ed |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Identifying the challenge
- 2. The microbial world
- 3. The beneficial aspects of microbes : the other side of the coin
- 4. Bacteria
- 5. Viruses
- 6. Bacterial genetics
- 7. Concepts of microbial disease
- 8. Epidemiology and cycle of microbial disease
- 9. Bacterial diseases
- 10. Viral diseases
- 11. Protozoans and helminths and the diseases they cause
- 12. The immune response
- 13. Control of microbial diseases
- 14. Partnerships in the control of infectious diseases
- 15. Biological weapons
- 16. Current plagues
- 17. The unfinished agenda